Cannes Film Festival 2015

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It's the glitziest film fest of the year.

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Cannes is a who's who of the film world and some of the most-talked about movies are premiering here, including Gaspar Noe's pornographic Love and Woody Allen's Irrational Man starring Joaquin Phoenix.

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The Cannes Film Festival is always a display of timeless glamor and class and this year was no different.

The stars brought out their most refined and dramatic looks for the premieres of buzzworthy festival films like Love, An Irrational Man,Carol, Sicario and Youth. Meanwhile at the significantly more relaxed photocalls, fashion-forward men like Vincent Cassel, Xavier Dolan and Colin Farrell were models of casual chic. As an aside, comedic-actor-turned-dramatic-star John C. Reilly turned up to WIN the style game at this year's fest, but more about that later...

As for the ladies, Natalie Portman made her directorial debut in an unforgettable long scarlet dress and former Victoria's Secret models Doutzen Kroes, Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima and Miranda Kerr dropped jaws on just about every red carpet they hit.

Two of the major controversies at Cannes this year revolved around festival etiquette: Selfies were officially banned on the red carpet, but that didn't stop some 100-odd deliquent celebs from snapping one or two. Controversy erupted at the premiere for Carol after a number of women were reportedly turned away for not wearing high heels. The story quickly became a social media social justice cause with many blaming the festival for its sexist dress code policy and lack of female directors.

As for the big winners this year, French director Jacques Audiard took home the coveted Palme d'Or for his film Dheepan:a crime drama about a group of former Tamil Tigers who pretend to be a family in order to gain French asylum.

The Mad Max reboot starring Charlize Theron was a bonfide hit, receiving an enthuasiatic reception from both Cannes and regular theatre-going audiences alike.

Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett's better half in the lesbian romance film Carol, won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress award. Carol is predicted to rake in the awards at next year's Oscars as well.

Hou Hsiao-hsien won Best Director for his film The Assassin, which reportedly took audiences' breaths away, and not only because of its gorgeous star, Shu Qi.

The jury prize went to one of the most interesting-sounding films at the fest, The Lobster, a dystopian drama starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in which singles are locked in a hotel and forced to find a matching mate within 45 days.

French actor Vincent Lindon took home Best Actor for his starring role in The Measure of a Man, in which he plays a factory worker who has just lost his job (with a plot that gimmickless, his performance must have been captivating).

And the Grand Prix (essentially the "runner-up award" of Cannes) went to Laszlo Nemes for Son of Saul, the gripping tale of a Jewish prisoner forced to help his Nazi captors run a death camp.

Check out the gallery for more festival gossip and photos of the stars, directors, and beautiful hangers-on in their red carpet duds.

John Legend

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John Legend, still basking in his Oscar-win for Best Original Song, attends the premiere of the festival's opening film, Standing Tall, on May 13, 2015.

Need To Know: Later on, Legend snapped some selfies with Victoria's Secret models Doutzen Kroes, Liya Kebede and Karlie Kloss. Selfies were initially banned at the festival, but the rule soon fell by the wayside.

Julianne Moore

Need To Know: Moore won the Cannes Film Festival best actress award in 2014, but was unable to attend, so was asked to open this year's events. Moore accepted her belated award and then delivered the opening speech in French and English.

Rossy De Palma, Xavier Dolan and Sienna Miller

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Cannes jury member and Quebecois director Xavier Dolan premieres another fashion-forward outfit with a black and white gingham shirt peeking out from a sky-blue double-breasted blazer. The kid's a snappy dresser.

Lara Lieto and Adrian Brody

Stella Rocha

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French transsexual comedian and actress Stella Rocha's transparent dress was befittingly raunchy on the red carpet for Gaspar Noé's pornographic Love. Rocha stole the spotlight on the Love red carpet, even though most of the photographers and reporters barely knew who she was.

Need To Know: In the film, a couple engages in three-way sex with a 16-year-old.